A peculiar and hard week but no DOMS really, which is something. Not many pictures taken somehow.

Monday – I did my physio lunges but this time I did just one out-and-back set of each lunge. I took great care with my form (I had done that last time but maybe not so much on the second sets as I was so sore). I did not have terrible DOMS after, though I could feel it.

Tuesday – Running club run with the lovely Tara, a relatively new Sedate Lady who has great knowledge of the local parks and greenways thanks to her dog-walking business. Unfortunately I managed to stop my watch when I got to club and not restart it, so I had to borrow Tara’s stats! Dark but a nice one.

Wednesday – Another set of lunges the same as on Monday. I couldn’t go to yoga because I was having some cheese delivered, so I set up my timer to prove I did do some yoga at home (15 minutes of it!)

Cross lunge – or something. Concentrating face.

Downward facing dog proof

Another bright spot was my February Five medal arriving – thank you Verity! I put it with my other two.

Thursday – I ran up to club to help support the 5k and Beyond group. Ran the long way, ran round but unfortunately the group was all pretty speedy and I had a bit of time when I couldn’t keep up, which was a bit embarrassing as I wasn’t able to do my job properly. Two ladies did drop back a little so I could support them through the end. Ran the long way round to get home and make up some miles, running into a friend who had had some abuse hurled at her from some blokes in a car – so bloody annoying!

Friday – went to Claire yoga after spending 2 hours cleaning the house. A good stretch out!

Saturday – Set off at 6.15 with my clubmate and friend Paul to get to Prestwold Hall in Leicestershire (an hour and 15 mins’ drive away) to Sector Marshal at the Intercounties Cross-Country Championships. We spent the first two hours in howling wind and rain trying to set the course back up again.

The struggle is real. Thanks to Paul Ward for the photo.

The tape kept stretching and tearing and this was a feature throughout. Joined by Dave J, the other sector marshal from club and Kings Heathens Karen, Fay, Dave T and Ursula, we found our places and supported our runners. I had a massive field to look after and was kept busy dashing about. It was still windy and terrible and the tape kept getting free; we also had a few fallen runners to look after so a day of concentrating and responsibility. Some great racing and this was my view if I had time to look down the field:

Prestwold Hall

We then all took the course down and left the bits in strategic places then came home. I got home at 5.45, washed the mud out of my hair (!) and had half a pizza, then dashed down to the club AGM to help make up the quorum. Back, other half of the pizza and bed.

Sunday – Due to a domestic crisis I was late starting which pushed my three companions’ runs back, and by a few miles in I knew I was sadly too upset and exhausted to be able to support the one friend through the run she’d planned and had to bail. I struggled back and met up with another friend in the park once I’d checked in at home, who helped me to manage the rest of my planned run distance, very slowly with lots of walks and stops. Not the most fun but I really wanted to get those miles in

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Well, still a good week, Liz, despite the ups and downs. As for blokes and abuse, my Middle Child is a runner and gets this kind of stuff and gets made (so do I). Why the hell do they think they have the right????? 😦

Bargain Booze 🙂 It’s interesting that you have cross country now, as that is our fall sport in Sept/Oct. I do like helping at the kids’ events, especially the cross country meets. Hanging out at the track meets, not as much!

I think that was the last event of the season, it runs Oct through March here. We have one more set of road relays I think, which is also a winter thing. Then I have a full track and field outdoor season! Bargain Booze also sells milkshake!

Well, you still got your miles in, so that’s a win. Oh that wind! Thankfully, wind was not much of an issue for my race yesterday, or it would have really been miserable (it was bad enough we had non-stop rain and numerous puddles). With the pics of your stairs, I thought you were gonna mention stair-climbing LOL Thanks so much for joining us on the link-up!

You got a lot of miles in! You are so dedicated to run (literally!) from one thing to another with barely a break in between. Those look like serious lunges. I never go that far down on walking lunges, but I’m not a pro.

I love the action photo with you and all that tape! Well done on getting everything done. I always have very wiggly bits on my route close to home especially when I realise I have more kms to cover before I’m done!

They’re lovely, aren’t they – a really nice initiative, raising money for Mind, and the medals are sponsored so all the money goes to the charity. The cheese is Eatlean cheese – low fat, so I can eat it on my low-saturated-fat regime for my (no longer) high cholesterol, and also high protein. https://www.eatleancheese.co.uk

Glad Wendy asked about the cheese … of course we still have cheese vans drive in the neighborhoods here but not to flats and usually no more door to door selling (like in the good old days), so I thought you were waiting for proper Gouda !

We had horrendous wind this weekend as well- we usually get UK weather with a day delay. Ours was bad enough to cancel races near the coast. Working at an event in those conditions can be quite brutal!

Sorry to hear a domestic crisis put a damper on things. Glad you were still able to finish what you started !

Oh wow, no cheese vans here! It’s a shame it’s not “proper” cheese but it’s cheese I can eat so I’ll take that! And yes, when I saw about your race I thought, oh, that’s our weather come over to you! Sorry!

Do you mind if I ask what was the domestic crisis and how you’re feeling/doing about it now? Love this update, sounds like you were able to make progress even if you encountered some obstacles along the way. Also, I appreciate how you write about exercise in such a way that it’s not always a solitary event, like how you run with others and support others. While I enjoy running and use it to get away from others and focus on myself and my thoughts, I like how you write about how you run in a way that shows your connection to others. (:

I don’t talk about domestic details on this blog, but basically the cat had got into something and I was concerned about him (he was fine). Usually being upset messes up my running, however when you’ve got a marathon and an ultra to prepare for, you just have to get the training in, esp the long runs, or it will be awful on the day! I do like to use running to reflect and let things percolate, and will run on my own every week or so, but it’s nice to have different company and catch up with friends.